subject: Rustic Amishlog Furniture - The Perfect Rustic Touch For Any Room Or Cabin [print this page] Needing a rustic touch to add to your lodge, cabin or house Amish log furniture adds that perfect rustic touch, inside and outside.
"Honorable and ethical people" is what many think when they see Amish folk. They have communities strewn throughout the states with most of them being in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. . Some are excellent iron workers, while others have amazing construction crews and build a home from start to finish in a week!
The small Amish community in NW Montana that has been creating rustic log furniture for over twenty years. Using the lodgepole pine trees, that are abundant in the area , they handcraft anything from rustic log dining tables and rustic log beds to heavy pine dressers.
Dried by the forces of nature,there is no moisture in the pine logs. The rustic quality of cracks , or checking ,adds character and beauty to each piece of beautiful Montana Amish log furniture.
The rustic log patio furniture is a relaxing way to spend a summer evening on the deck or patio - or place around the campfire in the yard...
Draw knives are used to hand peel the bark from the logs. This 'skip-peel' procedure leaves just enough color from the inner bark to give the appearance of natural texture and color contrast.
Mortise and tenon assembly is known for it's strength in heirloom quality craftsmanship. This technique is used for much of the log furniture.
On some pieces of furniture there is some assembly required , like the rustic log beds, for instance. They send out the headboard , footboard , and the log rails. There is a firm metal angle iron bolted onto the log side rails for a very stout frame...The rails are fastened to the headposts using lag screws , which are included .
Built of solid pine the dressers are built as 4 drawer, 5, 6 or even a 9 drawer can be had. The trim and drawer handles are hand-peeled logs .. and the drawers are on heavy duty , easy sliders.
A very popular item they make is a rustic log barstool. You can get them with or without swivels or complete the set with a 5 ft dry bar or round pub table.
Sturdy enough to weather many years of use in bars and cafe rooms, with the warmth that the Amish log furniture brings to any room ...you will love the atmosphere this rustic amish log furniture will bring to your home , lodge or cabin.
